When I Walk Through That Door, I Am: An Immigrant Mother's Quest

by Jimmy Santiago Baca

Book Overview

Poet-activist Jimmy Baca immerses the reader in an epic narrative poem, imagining the experience of motherhood in the context of immigration, family separation, and ICE raids on the Southern border.

Jimmy Santiago Baca makes the immigration crisis painfully personal in this new interpretation of the Epic Poem. While it may feel safest to take a step back when the government calls to "build that wall," Baca steps forward into the lives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807059358
• ISBN13: 9780807059357
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 6.9"